{"id":152369,"date":"2025-09-22T03:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152369\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T03:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:46:07","slug":"tens-of-thousands-of-pink-footed-geese-arrive-in-scotland-after-800-mile-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/152369\/","title":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands of pink footed geese arrive in Scotland after 800-mile journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of autumn\u2019s most breathtaking wildlife spectacles is unfolding in Angus.<\/p>\n<p>Montrose Basin is an enclosed estuary which covers 750 hectares of tidal mudflats, offering feeding and roosting ground to a plethora of bird species.<\/p>\n<p>And each year, tens of thousands of pink footed geese travel to the site after an 800 mile journey from Iceland and Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20% of the world\u2019s population roosts at the Scottish Wildlife Trust site in Angus, making it critical for international conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 40,000 were counted.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of autumn\u2019s most breathtaking wildlife spectacles is unfolding in Angus. Montrose Basin is an enclosed estuary which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-152369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}